I’m a fiend for courgettes, but not everyone feels the love. Fair enough – when cooked badly, courgettes can create an unpleasant and watery ratatouille, or a dark green, floppy disc in a plate of Mediterranean vegetables….

Granola is one end of the breakfast spectrum, with something like a humble bowl of porridge or slice of toast the other end. It’s an elite cereal. Serious business. Hell, you can easily blow upwards of £5 on a bit of granola. …

The Tweet was from my friend Anna, and the reason why it was sent overnight is because she has moved to Canada and is now eight hours behind us. I was reminded this by a rather philosophical Facebook status she posted over the weekend:…

If I were to make a list of my favourite cuts of meat, then chicken breast would be right down the bottom. I suppose it’s unusual that I don’t get allure, because juicy white breasts are one of the prime supermarket cuts – £21/kg for organic breast fillets in Waitrose – that’s more than the supermarket’s rib eye steak.…

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Hello, I'm Rachel Walker, an editor and food writer across national publications. If you’re interested in reading my cuttings, then click here →This blog is a little online space which I set up in 2011, to record some of my favourite recipes and experiments – from smoking salmon in a dustbin, to bringing lambs' tongues. Read more about my culinary adventures by clicking here →